Occurrence of secondary fracture around intramedullary nails used for trochanteric hip fractures: A systematic review of 13,568 patients

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 706-711

  Norris, Rory ^a   Bhattacharjee, Dhritiman ^a   Parker, Martyn J ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nail; Peri prosthetic fracture; Secondary fracture; Trochanteric hip fracture

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84860721865     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.10.027     Document Type: Review

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